Excellent but underrated film

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

The main part of the problem so many critics seem to have seems to be their own fault of a frankly rather childish lack of the suspension of disbelief too often masquerading as sophistication. For me, the only reason I watched the show was for Olivier Gruner. What really frustrated me was the seeming cliffhanger that ended the series. Does anyone have an idea of what actually happened; I couldn't figure it out. Did Banning or Ethaniel win ultimately or what?

This could have been a pretty good series. Too bad the lack of plot, the terrible acting, and the fact that no one knew what the heck was going on sent it to television oblivion. Kavelaars sounds as if she is reading an obituary aloud. Bancroft is just downright annoying in his role as Ethaniel.I watched this for a few episodes and decided it wasn't so bad. As time went on, I decided I had been wrong. The story lines went from tolerable to preposterous. If tooled properly this might have been a great movie. As far as being a series, well, that just was not a good idea.

i gotta say that ingrid kavelaars acted just like a piece of wood,no facial expression of any kind at all!but then,enjoying her beautiful face is pretty good though. and the show is great in general,i kinda think it's too short and look forward to another season.

Does any one out there have a complete episode listing for this show?Here in the UK, Channel 4 have started to show this rather late at night and I've probably missed a few. The first one I've seen is 'The last drop'. Even though the acting is a bit wooden/stilted and a little hammy at times and some of the scenes are laughable: Helicopter pilot gets shot in shoulder, chopper wobbles around a bit, pilot doesn't seem fazed at all that a bullet has gone through his torso, and then lands the helo in exactly same spot from take off. Still,its watchable. thanks.